| AdminHistory | It must be clearly understood that the Owen family did not acquire Ymwlch for a generation after 1799, and that apart from Ymwlch itself, hardly any of the messuages and tenements in this survey ever became Owen property. This plan represents the little estate that was frittered away by the absentee rover Edward Griffith (who died by accident at Margate in 1820) either during his lifetime or by Chancery sale after his death to defray his debts. Coedmawr in Llanbeblig (p.5) was in his possession in 1817, as proved by his letter to John Evans, the Porth-yr-Aur attorney (Bangor Manuscript 1110, paper 35). This survey, though artistically done, is not perfect, because in several holdings the names of fields have not been filled in. |